Accession #	Identifier	Title	Type	Subject
	1217	Benefit Art Auction and Appraisal Day flyer	Document, Advertising, Brochure	Events, Auction Object, Art	Benefit Art Auction and Appraisal Day flyer Identifier: 1217    Type: Document, Advertising, Brochure Subject: Events, Auction Object, Art Date: 1990 Description: Flyer advertising the Wendell Gilley Museum Benefit Art Auction and Appraisal Day, Aug. 10, 1990. Auctioned items included a framed set of prints, "20 Birds of Mount Desert Island" by Carroll Sargent Tyson.
	1237	Bird Carvings by Wendell Gilley Exhibit Sign	Image, Photograph	Carvings Events, Exhibitions People	Bird Carvings by Wendell Gilley Exhibit Sign Identifier: 1237    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Carvings Events, Exhibitions People Date: 1976 Description: Sign at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia for Wendell Gilley's Downeast Bird Carvings exhibit, October 29, 1976 through January 9, 1977.
	1238	Down East Bird Carving Exhibit Announcement	Document, Advertising	Carvings Events, Exhibitions People	Down East Bird Carving Exhibit Announcement Identifier: 1238    Type: Document, Advertising Subject: Carvings Events, Exhibitions People Date: 1976 Description: Page from an unknown publication announcing Gilley's exhibit of bird carvings at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
	1240	Letter from Robert M. Peck to Wendell Gilley, March 1, 1977	Document, Correspondence	Events, Exhibitions	Letter from Robert M. Peck to Wendell Gilley, March 1, 1977 Identifier: 1240    Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Events, Exhibitions Creator: Peck - Robert M. Peck Date: 1977-03-01 Description: Letter congratulating Gilley on the success of the exhibition Downeast Bird Carvings of Wendell Gilley at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia. On exhibit were sixty-one carvings of birds "on display together for the first time." 34, 272 people attended the exhibit during its ten week run from October 29, 1976 to January 7, 1977.
	1241	Letter to Wendell Gilley from Barbara Tyson	Document, Correspondence	Events, Exhibitions	Letter to Wendell Gilley from Barbara Tyson Identifier: 1241    Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Events, Exhibitions Creator: Tyson - Barbara Tyson Date: 1977 c Description: Letter thanking Wendell Gilley for the loan of his carvings for the exhibit Downeast Bird Carvings by Wendell Gilley held at the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, Oct. 29, 1976 through Jan. 7, 1977
	1242	Philadelphia Inquirer article, Oct. 19, 1976	Newspaper Clipping	Events, Exhibitions People	Philadelphia Inquirer article, Oct. 19, 1976 Identifier: 1242    Type: Newspaper Clipping Subject: Events, Exhibitions People Creator: Seltzer - Ruth Seltzer Date: 1976-10-19 Description: Article from the Philadelphia Inquirer's society column by Ruth Seltzer describing the preparations for the exhibit Downeast Bird Carvings by Wendell Gilley. The exhibit was held at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia. The photograph accompanying the article shows Barbara Tyson, a trustee of the Academy, helping unpack the carved birds.
	1493	Ribbon Cutting at Wendell Gilley Museum, July 12, 1981	Image, Photograph	Events People	Ribbon Cutting at Wendell Gilley Museum, July 12, 1981 Identifier: 1493    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Events People Date: 1981-07-12 Place: Southwest Harbor Description: Guests of honor, Wendell and Addie Gilley cut the ribbon on the museum's opening day.
	1494	Wendell and Addie Gilley Entering the Gilley Museum on Opening Day	Image, Photograph	Events People	Wendell and Addie Gilley Entering the Gilley Museum on Opening Day Identifier: 1494    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Events People Date: 1981-07-12 Place: Southwest Harbor Description: Wendell and Addie Gilley, guests of honor at the museum's opening day, walk up the front walk
	1495	Wendell and Addie Gilley at Opening Day of Gilley Museum	Image, Photograph	Events People	Wendell and Addie Gilley at Opening Day of Gilley Museum Identifier: 1495    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Events People Date: 1981-07-12 Place: Southwest Harbor Description: Wendell Gilley waves as Addie enters the front door of the new museum
	1496	Wendell and Addie Gilley at the Gilley Museum on opening day	Image, Photograph	Events People	Wendell and Addie Gilley at the Gilley Museum on opening day Identifier: 1496    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Events People Date: 1981-07-12 Place: Southwest Harbor Description: The Gilleys with Steven Rockefeller looking at miniature carvings in a round display case
	1498	Addie Gilley with Herons, Opening Day	Image, Photograph	Events People	Addie Gilley with Herons, Opening Day Identifier: 1498    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Events People Date: 1981-07-12 Place: Southwest Harbor Description: Addie Gilley examines carving of herons in display case at the museum's opening day.
	1539	Wendell and Addie Gilley at the Gilley Museum on opening day	Image, Photograph	Events People	Wendell and Addie Gilley at the Gilley Museum on opening day Identifier: 1539    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Events People Date: 1981-07-12 Place: Southwest Harbor Description: The Gilleys viewing exhibits followed by Steven Rockefeller
	1556	Letter to Steven C. Rockefeller from Nina Z. Gormley, March 16, 1990	Document, Correspondence	Carvings Events, Exhibitions	Letter to Steven C. Rockefeller from Nina Z. Gormley, March 16, 1990 Identifier: 1556    Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Carvings Events, Exhibitions Creator: Gormley - Nina Z. Gormley Date: 1990-03-16 Description: Letter regarding the possible exhibition of a Gilley piece in the Spirits and Nature Exhibition organized by Steven Rockefeller and held at Middlebury College. The piece was a carved and painted group of eiders made in 1970. Color slide transparency enclosed with letter
	1560	Addie and Wendell Gilley with Barn Owl, Shorebirds and Ducks, Opening Day	Image, Photograph	Carvings Events People	Addie and Wendell Gilley with Barn Owl, Shorebirds and Ducks, Opening Day Identifier: 1560    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Carvings Events People Date: 1981-07-12 Place: Southwest Harbor Description: Addie and Wendell Gilley passing display cases at the museum's opening day.
	1565	Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Lemuel T. Ward, Nov. 8, 1965	Document, Correspondence	Events People	Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Lemuel T. Ward, Nov. 8, 1965 Identifier: 1565    Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Events People Creator: Ward - Lemuel T. Ward (1896-1984) Date: 1965-11-08 Description: Lemuel T. Ward, the noted decoy carver, wrote this letter to Wendell Gilley after meeting him at an unnamed carving show
	1574	Bar Harbor Times article, July 3, 1980.	Newspaper Clipping	Events Structures, Dwellings, House	Bar Harbor Times article, July 3, 1980. Identifier: 1574    Type: Newspaper Clipping Subject: Events Structures, Dwellings, House Date: 1980-07-03 Place: Southwest Harbor Description: Describes the removal of the George Ripley Fuller House, located at the current Wendell Gilley Museum site (the corner of Rte. 102 and Herrick Rd., Southwest Harbor) prior to the museum's construction.
	1578	Kent County News article, October 20, 1965	Newspaper Clipping	Events, Exhibitions People	Kent County News article, October 20, 1965 Identifier: 1578    Type: Newspaper Clipping Subject: Events, Exhibitions People Date: 1965-10-20 Description: Lists Wendell Gilley as one of America's top craftsmen exhibiting at the Kent County Chapter of the Maryland Ornithological Society show of waterfowl and upland game bird carvings in Nov. 1965. Other carvers exhibiting included Harold Haertel.
	1579	Bar Harbor Times article, October 21, 1976	Newspaper Clipping	Events, Exhibitions People	Bar Harbor Times article, October 21, 1976 Identifier: 1579    Type: Newspaper Clipping Subject: Events, Exhibitions People Date: 1976-10-21 Description: Wendell Gilley exhibits forty carvings plus carvings-in-progress at the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences in the show "Down East Bird Carvings."
	1581	Bar Harbor Times article, November 20, 1969	Newspaper Clipping	Events, Exhibitions People	Bar Harbor Times article, November 20, 1969 Identifier: 1581    Type: Newspaper Clipping Subject: Events, Exhibitions People Date: 1969-11-20 Description: Announcement that Wendell Gilley would be attending a bird carving exhibition in Chestertown, Maryland. The carving of a bald eagle family that he entered in the exhibit is depicted.
	1582	Gilley Celebrates 30th Year	Newspaper Clipping	Events, Exhibitions Structures, Civic, Exhibition, Museum	Gilley Celebrates 30th Year Identifier: 1582    Type: Newspaper Clipping Subject: Events, Exhibitions Structures, Civic, Exhibition, Museum Date: 2011-07-14 Description: Article from the Mount Desert Islander, July 14, 2011
	1630	Downeast Bird Carvings by Wendell Gilley exhibit opening invitation	Document, Correspondence	Events	Downeast Bird Carvings by Wendell Gilley exhibit opening invitation Identifier: 1630    Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Events Creator: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Date: 1976 Description: Invitation to a black tie dinner celebrating the opening of the exhibit Downeast Bird Carvings by Wendell Gilley at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, Pa. On the back page is a handwritten note from Barbara Tyson to Wendell.

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